Maria Tallchief Becomes Premier NY City Ballet Dancer
The Indian American dancer Maria Tallchief rises to premier status with the New York City Ballet. Her demanding schedule, early life, training, marriage to Balanchine, and invitation to perform in London and the provinces are highlighted.
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Associated Press
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Ohio
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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
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Paris
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London
National Book Award Judges Announced for 1949 Fiction Nonfiction Poetry
The National Book Award committee names judges in fiction and poetry with Glenway Wescott Mary Colum Malcolm Cowley W. G. Rogers Louise Bogan W H Auden Babette Deutsch Horace Gregory Louis Untermeyer and Elmer Davis Fairfield Osborn Norman Cousins Henry Steele Commager. The report also notes a new Bach Well Tempered Clavier recording by Wanda Landowska on RCA Victor with 78s and early LP formats and commentary on instrument fidelity.
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Glenway Wescott
Mary Colum
Malcolm Cowley
New Republic Magazine
Max Gissen
Time Magazine
W. G. Rogers
Elmer Davis
ABC
Fairfield Osborn
New York Zoological Society
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
Henry Steele Commager
John Keiran
Wanda Landowska
RCA Victor
Bach
Mme. Landowska
BC Victor
Harsichord
Landowska
President Contacts Doctor Over Secretary Sawyer Condition
In Cincinnati at Christ Hospital Dr Reed Shank debunked prank calls before confirming a call from President Truman. The President asked for direct information on Secretary of Commerce Sawyer after an operation. Sawyer remained in the hospital this week and was reported as recovering.
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Cincinnati
Reed Shank
Christ Hospital
Truman
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Sawyer
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Housing Costs and Postwar Paris Life From Parker Visit
Duke University historian Dr. Harold T. Parker describes postwar Paris as affordable yet hard to find housing. He notes 1939 rent levels, devalued dollars, and Marshall Plan aid shaping a cautious, expense conscious stay while researching Napoleon era administration.
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Paris
Parker
France
Bibliotheque National
Duke
United States
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Duke University
Juniata College Plans Church Leadership Training Program
Juniata College in Huntingdon announces a new program for specialized study in church leadership. Dean Morley Mays says the plan includes courses in educational psychology visual education the mind a year of Bible and two of philosophy of religion Christian faith church history child psychology and history of religion plus a year of church school work under approved supervision.
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Juniata College
Morley Mays
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